Executive Content Producer

R/GA is a global digital innovation agency specializing in digital product development, brand transformation, media, and communications for major companies. We are on a mission to help companies grow by enabling them to change, across their business, the experience they offer and the campaigns that take them to market.

Our work tends to be a fusion of what we call Stories and Systems: the narrative and the design, technology and the interface working together. R/GA is a brand but it’s also a collective of atypical outsiders and misfits who drive everything we do through bold creativity and bright, strategic thinking.

Our Executive Content Producer is a production expert embedded within the agency team. This role is responsible for shaping creative development for content execution, as a seamless end to end production process. Driving proactive project scoping and modeling production approaches. focusing on integrated production, high volume content creation, technology and platform innovation, and internal agency content needs.

We have a global network of producers, creatives, editors, animators, motion-graphics specialists, and creative technologists with backgrounds ranging from traditional agency experience to production company style line-production. The ECP reports directly to and supports the Executive Director, Content Production Americas.

On any given day you might

• Draft, review and approve Staff Plans and Statement of Works (SOWs), signing off on deliverables and vetting fee hours and hard costs with Business Affairs partner
• Oversee bidding and bid revisions; oversee cost consultant negotiations (if applicable)
• Partner with agency and production discipline leads to determine correct casting, production approach, and project guardrails upon job intake
• Partner with Talent Management on job assignment to align aptitudes within the team given current and upcoming needs
• Partner with agency and production discipline leads on problem solving in regards to all aspects of content creation and production
• Vet creative based on schedule, budget and overall feasibility including legal considerations
• Approve vendor selection and oversee vendor outreach and vetting
• Partner with Business Affairs on vendor and talent contract negotiations as necessary
• Partner with Business Affairs to oversee wrap and reconciliation of jobs in a timely manner and in compliance with client contracts
• Foster collaboration and oversee communication within agency team and partner with content production team, as well as with clients and vendors
• Lead and inspire the team to achieve creative excellence across projects
• Clearly communicate project schedules, deliverables and daily/weekly deadlines

The ideal person

• Excellent leadership and communication skills
• Thorough knowledge of production workflows and procedures
• Proven experience managing multi-million dollar client accounts
• Proven experience managing multiple production teams in different production environments (in house, off-site, production company, etc.)

You bring

• 7-10+ years as an integrated production expert (live action, post production, experiential)
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• Agency experience
• Successful track record of developing and maintaining strong relationships with reputable brand clients and production vendors, reps and artists

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

The hiring range for this position is $160,000 to $190,000. Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s applicable skills, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

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